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registry(n)		     Tcl Built-In Commands		   registry(n)

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NAME
       registry - Manipulate the Windows registry

SYNOPSIS
       package require registry 1.0

       registry option keyName ?arg arg ...?
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DESCRIPTION
       The  registry  package provides a general set of operations for manipu‐
       lating the Windows registry.  The package implements the	 registry  Tcl
       command.	  This	command	 is  only  supported  on the Windows platform.
       Warning: this command should be used with caution as a  corrupted  reg‐
       istry can leave your system in an unusable state.

       KeyName	is  the	 name of a registry key.  Registry keys must be one of
       the following forms:

	      \\hostname\rootname\keypath

	      rootname\keypath

	      rootname

       Hostname specifies the name of any valid Windows host that exports  its
       registry.   The	rootname  component must be one of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
       HKEY_USERS, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, or  HKEY_CURRENT_CON‐
       FIG.   The  keypath  can be one or more registry key names separated by
       backslash (\) characters.

       Option indicates what to do with the registry  key  name.   Any	unique
       abbreviation for option is acceptable.  The valid options are:

       registry delete keyName ?valueName?
	      If  the  optional	 valueName  argument is present, the specified
	      value under keyName will be deleted from the registry.   If  the
	      optional valueName is omitted, the specified key and any subkeys
	      or values beneath it in the registry heirarchy will be  deleted.
	      If  the key could not be deleted then an error is generated.  If
	      the key did not exist, the command has no effect.

       registry get keyName valueName
	      Returns the data associated with the value valueName  under  the
	      key  keyName.   If  either  the key or the value does not exist,
	      then an error is generated.  For more details on the  format  of
	      the returned data, see SUPPORTED TYPES, below.

       registry keys keyName ?pattern?
	      If  pattern  isn't specified, returns a list of names of all the
	      subkeys of keyName.  If pattern is specified, only  those	 names
	      matching pattern are returned.  Matching is determined using the
	      same rules as for string match.  If the specified	 keyName  does
	      not exist, then an error is generated.

       registry set keyName ?valueName data ?type??
	      If  valueName  isn't  specified,	creates	 the key keyName if it
	      doesn't already exist.  If valueName is specified,  creates  the
	      key  keyName  and value valueName if necessary.  The contents of
	      valueName are set to data with the type indicated by  type.   If
	      type  isn't specified, the type sz is assumed.  For more details
	      on the data and type arguments, see SUPPORTED TYPES below.

       registry type keyName valueName
	      Returns the type of the value valueName in the key keyName.  For
	      more  information	 on  the  possible types, see SUPPORTED TYPES,
	      below.

       registry values keyName ?pattern?
	      If pattern isn't specified, returns a list of names of  all  the
	      values  of  keyName.   If pattern is specified, only those names
	      matching pattern are returned.  Matching is determined using the
	      same rules as for string match.

SUPPORTED TYPES
       Each value under a key in the registry contains some data of a particu‐
       lar type in a type-specific representation.  The registry command  con‐
       verts  between this internal representation and one that can be manipu‐
       lated by Tcl scripts.  In most cases, the data is simply returned as  a
       Tcl string.  The type indicates the intended use for the data, but does
       not actually change the representation.	For some types,	 the  registry
       command	returns	 the  data  in	a  different form to make it easier to
       manipulate.  The following types are recognized by  the	registry  com‐
       mand:

       binary		The  registry  value  contains	arbitrary binary data.
			The data is represented exactly in Tcl, including  any
			embedded nulls.	 Tcl

       none		The registry value contains arbitrary binary data with
			no defined type.  The data is represented  exactly  in
			Tcl, including any embedded nulls.

       sz		The  registry value contains a null-terminated string.
			The data is represented in Tcl as a string.

       expand_sz	The registry value contains a  null-terminated	string
			that  contains	unexpanded  references	to environment
			variables in the normal Windows	 style	(for  example,
			"%PATH%").   The  data	is  represented	 in  Tcl  as a
			string.

       dword		The registry value  contains  a	 little-endian	32-bit
			number.	  The  data is represented in Tcl as a decimal
			string.

       dword_big_endian The registry value contains a big-endian  32-bit  num‐
			ber.   The  data  is  represented  in Tcl as a decimal
			string.

       link		The registry value contains a symbolic link.  The data
			is  represented exactly in Tcl, including any embedded
			nulls.

       multi_sz		The registry value contains an	array  of  null-termi‐
			nated  strings.	  The  data is represented in Tcl as a
			list of strings.

       resource_list	The registry value contains a  device-driver  resource
			list.  The data is represented exactly in Tcl, includ‐
			ing any embedded nulls.

       In addition to the symbolically named types listed above, unknown types
       are identified using a 32-bit integer that corresponds to the type code
       returned by the system interfaces.  In this case, the  data  is	repre‐
       sented exactly in Tcl, including any embedded nulls.

PORTABILITY ISSUES
       The registry command is only available on Windows.

KEYWORDS
       registry

Tcl				      8.0			   registry(n)
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